• BC Student Enrolment Contract (all courses except Level 1 - Lake Louise)
• AB Student Enrolment Contract (Alberta-based Level 1 courses)
• Waiver of Liability

• Admission Policy
• Attendance Policy
• Dismissal Policy
• Dispute Resolution and Grade Appeal Policy
• Prior Learning Assessment Policy
• Privacy Policy
• Refund and Cancellation Policy
• Retest Policy
• Withdrawal Policy

Retest Fees: Valid until March 31, 2017

• Avalanche Search and Rescue Response Practical Skills Assessment: $205
• Level 1 field retest: $125 (applicable to town-based Level 1 course only)
• Level 2 field retest: up to $410 (one participant), or $205 each (two participants or more). Subject to change according to the nature of the retest (e.g. half day snow profile vs. full day field trip skills)
• Level 3 retest
  • Oral presentation only: $416
  • Written report only: $473
• Level 3 challenge exam
  • Written and oral presentation: $889

Note that all retest and challenge exam fees are solely based on covering instructor costs.

The course profiles for each of our professional-level courses are listed below. These DACUMs outline the course goals and accompanying learning objectives. Learn what a DACUM is and why it's important.

• Avalanche Control Blasting
• Avalanche Operations Level 1
• Avalanche Operations Level 2 Module 1
• Avalanche Operations Level 2 Module 2
• Avalanche Operations Level 2 Module 3
• Avalanche Operations Level 3
• Avalanche Search & Rescue Response
• Avalanche Search & Rescue Practical Assessment
• Avalanche Skills Training Level 1
• Advanced Weather
• Introduction to Snow Avalanche Mapping
• Introduction to Weather
• Resource and Transportation Avalanche Management

Listed below are the course marking schema for each of our professional-level courses. If there is not a marking scheme below for the course that you are interested in, it is because the evaluation consists of a final quiz based on the concepts presented. For these courses a passing mark of 71% must be obtained to complete the course successfully.

• Avalanche Operations Level 1
• Avalanche Operations Level 2
• Avalanche Operations Level 3
• Avalanche Search and Rescue
• Avalanche Search and Rescue Practical Skills Assessment
• Introduction to Snow Avalanche Mapping
• Resource and Transportation Avalanche Management 

Submit an online PLA form when applying to:

• Have a CAA course prerequisite waived. For example, you would like to take the Avalanche Operations Level 2 course but do not have the Avalanche Operations Level 1 prerequisite; OR
• Be granted equivalency to a CAA course. For example, an international worker requiring an Avalanche Operations Level 1 certificate in order to meet a ski area's patrol requirements.

View our Prior Learning Assessment Policy.

New as of April, 2017 all PLA applications are submitted online. View the Prior Learning Assessment - Application Information Webpage for details on the PLA process and for links to the PLA application online forms.

Each PLA application (AST 1 is exempt) requires an online reference letter submitted on its behalf:

Prior Learning Assessment - CAA Member Reference Form

Prior Learning Assessment - Non-CAA Member Reference Form

A Letter of Intent is used when a student does not meet a prerequisite for a course but intends to take the prerequisite prior to the course. This letter will need to be uploaded during the online registration, or online application process, in place of a prerequisite certificate. Students who have already taken the perquisite will upload a scan/JPeg of their perquisite course certificate.

• Letter of Intent - Level 1 (AST)
• Letter of Intent - Level 2 prerequisites (AvSAR, Introduction to Weather, AvSAR Practical Skills Assessment)
• Letter of Intent - Level 3 prerequisite (Introduction to Weather)
• Letter of Intent - Advanced Weather prerequisite (Introduction to Weather)

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